[tex-live] personal input file

[Zdenek Wagner]

2010/2/16 Steve MC Han <hmc0907 at yahoo.com>

> Thanks for your response.
>
> <<c:/texmf-local/tex
> It seems that TEXMFHOME does not exist on your computer>>
>
> This directory is empty. Also I use latex. Do I need to create TEXMFHOMEor can I just use c:/texmf-local/tex instead for my purpose? i.e., move all
> my frequently used input file in here to call from any working directory.
>
>
LaTeX will first look into texmf-local/tex/latex and its subdirectories,
then to texmf-local/tex and its subdirectories. So it depends on a number of
files. If you have just a few files, you can put all of them to
texmf-local/tex. If you have a lot of file, this may be confusing to you. It
may then be better to create some directory structure under
texmf-local/tex/latex similarly as exists under texmf-dist/tex/latex. Do not
forget to rebuild the file name database after you put the files to
texmf-local.


> <<What kind of bad experiences?>>
>
> After a couple of days of struggling (with a lot of help from experts in
> this site), I was finally succeeded in downloading TexLive2008, but pdf file
> showed smaller size output. I used (still using Latex-->dvips-->pstopdf.
>

Some paper sizes for dvips were renamed and the logic for finding the
nearest similar paper size was changed. It was discussed in this list
approximately a year ago.

>
> Again I asked many people from this site, but I don't even know whether the
> problem was solved or not. Since then, I decided to stick to TexLive2007
> until I need more function.
>
>
> <<..installation of scheme-full takes about 9 minutes ..>>
> That's amazing! I remember it took more than 6 hours last year! It's very
> tempting to try again, maybe.
>

It depends on your network connection and reliability of the mirror. The
mirror on the Czech Technical University is fast and reliable and my
computer is sort of priviledged.

>
> Thanks again,
> Steve
>
> --- On *Mon, 2/15/10, Zdenek Wagner <zdenek.wagner at gmail.com>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Zdenek Wagner <zdenek.wagner at gmail.com>
>
> Subject: Re: [tex-live] personal input file
> To: "Steve MC Han" <hmc0907 at yahoo.com>
> Cc: "Vladimir Lomov" <lomov.vl at gmail.com>, "Manuel P?gouri?-Gonnard" <
> mpg at elzevir.fr>, "Markus Kohm" <markus.kohm at gmx.de>, tex-live at tug.org
> Date: Monday, February 15, 2010, 1:56 PM
>
>  2010/2/15 Steve MC Han <hmc0907 at yahoo.com<http://us.mc1107.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=hmc0907@yahoo.com>
> >
>
>>   Thank you very much for your responses.
>>
>> I followed your instruction and it showed:
>>
>> c:/TexLive2007/../texmf-local
>>
>> But there's no texmf-local subdirectory under TexLive2007. Instead there's
>> texmf-local directory right under c:/ along with TexLive2007.
>> (c:/TexLive2007, c:/texmf-local,...)
>>
>> Under c:/texmf-local there are 4 subdirectories: doc, dvips, fonts and
>> tex.
>>
>> Can you tell me which?
>>
>>
> c:/texmf-local/tex
> It seems that TEXMFHOME does not exist on your computer
>
>
>>   For upgrading: last year I tried to upgrade to TexLive2008, but I have
>> had bad experiences, so I try not to anymore as long as TexLive2007 along
>> with metapost 0.9 work. (Or until new TexLive could be downloaded with a
>> couple of simple  clicks)
>>
>>
> What kind of bad experiences?
>
> If your network connection is good, you unpack install-tl.zip, run
> install-tl.bat, select what to install and wait. texmf-local intentionally
> is not below TeXLive2007, your personal file will be used by later TL
> versions as well, no need to reinstall.
>
> My computer sits on a gigabit backbone, our local mirror is about 5 miles
> apart so installation of scheme-full takes about 9 minutes but normal users
> will probably have to wait longer.
>
>
>>   Thanks,
>> Steve
>>
>>
>>
>> --- On *Sun, 2/14/10, Vladimir Lomov <lomov.vl at gmail.com<http://us.mc1107.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=lomov.vl@gmail.com>
>> >* wrote:
>>
>>
>> From: Vladimir Lomov <lomov.vl at gmail.com<http://us.mc1107.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=lomov.vl@gmail.com>
>> >
>> Subject: Re: [tex-live] personal input file
>> To: "Steve MC Han" <hmc0907 at yahoo.com<http://us.mc1107.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=hmc0907@yahoo.com>
>> >
>> Cc: tex-live at tug.org<http://us.mc1107.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=tex-live@tug.org>
>> Date: Sunday, February 14, 2010, 8:16 PM
>>
>>  ** Steve MC Han [2010-02-14 19:26:29 -0800]:
>>
>>
>> >
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I was wondering where I could store personal input files so that I could
>> call from any working directory instead of making the same input file
>> for the current working directory each time.
>> >
>> > I am using  latex of TexLive2007 in my personal PC with WinEdt editor.
>> >
>> To be short: in TEXMFHOME
>>
>> E.g.
>> %USERPROFILE%/texmf/tex/latex
>> for latex stuff or
>> %USERPROFILE%/texmf/tex/plain
>> for plain tex stuff.
>>
>> For precise location of TEXMFHOME on Windows read TL 2007 documentation
>> (search for TEXMFHOME).
>>
>> More details and some explanation could be found here
>> http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=what-TDS
>> http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=privinst
>>
>>
>> P.S. I advise you to upgrade your TeX system.
>>
>> --
>> My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income.
>>         -- Errol Flynn
>>
>> Any man who has $10,000 left when he dies is a failure.
>>         -- Errol Flynn
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Zdeněk Wagner
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> http://icebearsoft.euweb.cz
>
>
>


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